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N.H. News Recap
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Every Friday, the Morning Edition team at NHPR brings you the top headlines from the week in local news.
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State prisons struggle with staffing; House moves to censure state rep
May 800:13:30Tap to summarizeNew Hampshire Corrections Commissioner William Hart says his department is struggling to find enough people to staff the state's positions. Currently half of the positions in the corrections department are vacant. The state Executive Council voted Wednesday to approve $12 million to cover overtime for guards currently working at the state prisons.Gov. Kelly Ayotte says she’s committed to making sure young people at the state’s youth detention facility are properly treated. That comes as the state Attorney General continues to investigate claims of physical abuse at the Sununu Youth Services Center.And state lawmakers are moving ahead to formally censure state Rep. Travis Corcoran for inflammatory social media posts, including referencing the Holocaust in response to a Jewish colleague's invitation to a bipartisan Karaoke event.We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.Guests:Steven Porter, Boston GlobeAnnmarie Timmins, NHPR
Transcribe →A failed bid to put Holocaust denial in schools; a state win over car inspections
May 100:12:42Tap to summarizePresident Donald Trump has been outspoken about fighting antisemitism, but it continues to creep into politics nationally and here in New Hampshire. That’s according to a new NPR investigation of a state lawmaker who tried to get a holocaust denial conspiracy theory into public school lesson plans.And a federal judge ruled that she will not hold New Hampshire officials in contempt for suspending the state’s motor vehicle inspections program. The vendor, Gordon Darby Holdings, that oversaw those inspections sued the state in December for ending the annual inspections.We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.Guests:Tom Dreisbach, NPRTodd Bookman, NHPR
Transcribe →Local police and ICE funds; more YDC scrutiny; good news in Franklin
Apr 2400:13:07Tap to summarizeIt’s been a little over a year since New Hampshire police departments started signing agreements with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help enforce immigration law in the state.ICE now has 15 local partnerships, which are encouraged by Gov. Kelly Ayotte, and these so-called 287g agreements have contributed to a notable uptick in arrests here. Immigration arrests have doubled in the last 15 months. Of 429 people arrested, local agencies made 51 of them.What’s in for local police? In part, money. ICE offers at least $100,000 in stipends, and local police departments are using that money to pay for operating expenses.We talk about this on this edition of the New Hampshire News Recap.Also, the state’s youth detention center continues to make headlines. Authorities are investigating recent allegations of abuse against children at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester. Lawmakers and advocates are also raising concerns about leadership of the center.In other news, there’s good news for Franklin. In a bit of a comeback story, the city’s high school was just named the top high school in the state.Guests:Lau Guzmán, NHPR reporterAnnmarie Timmins, NHPR Youth and Education reporter
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